*JOB DESCRIPTION***
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*POST TITLE:*
Research Fellow
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*DEPARTMENT:*
History
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*POST RESPONSIBLE TO:*
Project Director and Head of Department
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*SALARY:*
£27,428 - £35,788 pa
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*REFERENCE NUMBER:*
71111-041
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*CLOSING DATE: *
23 May 2011
*JOB** PURPOSE:*
You will serve as a researcher on the Leverhulme Trust-funded project
‘The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857’, led by Professor Margot
Finn of the Warwick History Department. The project runs for 3 years,
and a full-time postdoctoral researcher is sought for 3 years beginning
September 2011.
You will conduct independent and collaborative historical and
interdisciplinary research in archives and libraries in the UK, along
lines previously agreed with Professor Margot Finn and the project’s
named Research Fellow (Dr Helen Clifford); to investigate the
intertwined histories of persons, objects and homes within national and
colonial contexts; to assist the named Research Fellow in designing and
populating the project’s web-based resources and database; to advance
public outreach activities central to the project. The nature of the
materials to be examined will be determined through discussion with
Professor Finn and Dr Clifford.
You will write two high-calibre research articles for publication in
peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as several accessible case
studies based on his/her research and that of community-based
historians. You will work collaboratively within a 4-person research
team, provide frequent reports on the research conducted, assist in
workshop and conference preparations and management of public events and
a website.
*More information on the Warwick University website
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/ghcc*
Dr Caroline Bressey
Department of Geography
University College London
26 Bedford Way
LONDON
WC1H OAP
020 7679 7586
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